#VU33867 Input validation error in nspr - CVE-2013-5607


| Updated: 2020-08-04

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33867

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5607

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
nspr
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor: Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer overflow in the PL_ArenaAllocate function in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.10.2, as used in Firefox before 25.0.1, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.11 and 24.x before 24.1.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.22.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted X.509 certificate, a related issue to CVE-2013-1741.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nspr: 4.10.6 - 4.10.10

External links
https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00000.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00080.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml
https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2820
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-103.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63802
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2031-1
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2032-1
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2087-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927687
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=mozilla.dev.tech.nspr/_8AcygMEjSA/mm_cqQzLPFQJ
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


Latest bulletins with this vulnerability


Input validation error in nspr (Alpine package)
Input validation error in Mozilla nspr